Shoe polisher



Scpt. s, 1925.

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Sept. 8, 1925.

G. H. CRUMPTON SHOE POLISHER Filed July 25, 1923 '2 Sheets-Sheet 2George H. Crumpton Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES GEORGE E. CRUMPTON, OF BUNTYN, TENNESSEE.

Application filed July 23,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. CRUMP- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Buntyn, in the county of Shelby and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ShoePolishers, of which the following is a specification.

My said invention relates to a shoe polisher and it is an object thereofto provide means whereby shoe polish may be applied to a shoe and theproper gloss imparted thereafter in a clean and expeditiousma-nner. Afurther object is to provide a brush for applying polish to the shoesand means normally out ofcontact therewith for supplying polish to thebrush.

Another object is to provide separate means for cleaning shoes, applyingpolish thereto and thereafter shining the shoes.

A further object is to provide means for driving the devices referred toin the foregoing paragraph at different speeds such as will lead toeflicient action on the part of each.

Still another object is to provide a supply of polishing material and acasing normally closed on all sides to protect said material from theweather or other detrimental agencies.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof andon which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a perspective of my completed machine,

Figure 2, a perspective of the driving gearing for the brushes,

Figure 3, a partial transverse section of the casing of the machine, and

Figure 4 a perspective of the container for polish, on an enlargedscale.

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates the casing of themachine having at its front end one or more steps 11 leading to aplatform which includes a trap door 12 by means of which convenientaccess is afforded'to the interior of the casing and which has otherfunctions hereinafter described. At the rear end of the casing is a handrail 13 underneath and in front of which are three brushes. The brushindi- Gated at 14 is intended for cleaning the shoes by removing dirtand dust therefrom, the brush at 15 applies polish to the shoes and SHOEPOLISHER.

1923. Serial No. 653,326.

has located adjacent thereto a polish supplying means; while the brushat 16 is intended to shine the shoes in well-known manner after thepolish has been applied thereto.

In Figure 2 I have illustrated the driving means for the variousbrushes. Such driving means is contained in the casing 10 and comprisesan electric motor 17 driving a belt 18 which passes over a pulley onshaft 19. A similar pulley on the same shaft is connected to a pulley 20on' shaft 21 by belt 22 for driving the shoe shining brush and shaft 21also carries a small pulley 23 connected by a belt 24 to a large pulley25 on the shaft 26 of the polish applying brush 15. It will be seen thatthe brush 14 for removing the dirt is driven at a moderate speed lowerthan that of the motor shaft, the brush 16 is driven at a high speed forshining the shoes and the brush 15 at low speed for applying polish inan efficient manner. The shafts 19, 21 and 26 are supported in atwo-part bracket comprising a lower bowed portion 27 having laterallyextending feet 28 and an upper bowed portion 29 the two portions beingconnected by bolts 30 at their ends where they have parallel fiatoutward extensions perforated to receive such bolts.

The motor 17 above referred to is driven by any convenient circuitcomprising wires 31 and 32. A switch 33 is interposed in the circuit.This switch has a movable member 34 connected by a bar 35 to the trapdoor 12, the bar here being shown as being rigidly fixed to the trapdoor so as to extend vertically downward therefrom. A spring 36 bears atone end on a bracket 37 within the casing and at the other end againstthe underside of the door 12 to hold the door normally in slightlyraised position.

Adjacent the brush 15 I have located a casing 38 within which there is ablock of shoe polish 39 which may be of any conventional or preferredcolor or character. At the rear of the block 39 a slidable head 40 isarranged in the casing said head having a rod 41 fixed thereto andextending out through a hole at the rear end of the easing. At its outerend the rod is threaded as shown and a ratchet 42 is mounted to rotateabout the rod, this ratchet being'internally threaded n f rming ineffect a nut mounted to coact with the threaded part of the rod 41 formoving the head lengthwise of the casing. A bracket is secured to thecasing and has an opening through which the rod 41 passes, this bracketserving as a guide for the rod and also serving to hold the ratchet inproper position. At the rear end of the casing 38 there are a pair ofparallel guides 44 between which is located a block 45 carrying apivoted pawl 46. A stop 47 is provided at one side of the pawl and alever 48 is pivoted to the block and also to a standard 49 spaced fromthe end of the casing. A manual operating bar 50 extends upward from thefree end of the lever through a guide 51 on the hand rail 13.

The casing 10 is provided adjacent the brush 15 with parallel guides 52and the casing 38 has lateral flanges (not shown) fitting in theseguides. The forward end of the casing 38 is cut away to correspond tothe shape of the brush as indicated in Figure 4 and a door 53 curved toconform to the curved upper and lower edges of the casing is pivoted ona post 54 on the casing 10. A coil spring 55 surrounds the post 54 andbears at its free ends against the casing and the side of the doorrespectively to force the door toward the closed position. As inclicatedin Figure 4 the block of polish 39 is curved at the forward edge tocorrespond to the circumference of the brush and to the shape of thedoor.

In the operation of my device the customer will step on the trap door 12and his weight will force the door down and close the circuit at 34, itbeing understood of course that any other desirable circuit closer to beoperated by the customer or an attendant may be substituted for the onehere shown. He will then hold his feet first against the brush 14 forcleaning the shoes, then against the brush 15 for applying polisii, andthen against the brush 16 for shining the shoes. The brush 15 may havesufficient polish on it for the purpose but if not the rod 50 is forceddown whereupon the block 45 moves upward in its slot forcing the casing38 toward the brush 15 and thereby causing the periphery of the brush toengage the block 39 of polish which projects slightly beyond the frontend of the casing. its forward movement the door 53 is pushed out of thesolid line position shown in Figure 4 where the casing is open for freecontact of the block 39 .With the brush. When the bar 50 is released theblock 45 is forced down by gravity and the casing 38 is returned toposition, such action being assisted if necessary by a spring acting onthe lever 48 or on the casing 38. It may be noted that when the blockrises the pawl 46 willengage the ratchet and turn the same to acertainex tent thereby forcing the bloclrof polish for ward in the casing 38.action is 1 611:"

dered positive by the stop 47 beneath the pawl whereas on the returnmovement the pawl moves on its pivot and slips over the teeth of theratchet.

It will be evident to those skilled in the art, that variousmodifications may be made in my device without departing from the spiritof my invention and therefore I do not limit myself to the specificembodiment of the invention shown in the drawings and described in thespecification but only as indicated in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a shoe polisher, a rotary brush, a casing adjacent thereto, a massof polish in the casing, means normally closing the casing, and manuallyoperable means for moving the casing toward the brush and for advancingthe polish in the casing, substantially as set forth.

2. In a shoe polisher, a rotary brush, a casing adjacent thereto, a massof polish in the casing, means normally closing the easing, and a leverhaving means associated therewith adapted to move the casing toward thebrush and advance the polish in the casing, substantially as set forth.

3. In a shoe polisher, a rotary brush, a normally closed container forpolish adjacent thereto, and means for advancing the container to openthe same, said means being also adapted to move the container in closerproximity to the brush for supplying polish thereto, substantially asset forth.

4. A device for polishing'shoes comprising a closed casing, a pluralityof shafts mounted within the casing and having cleaning and polishingbrushes on their upper ends without the casing, pulleys on said shafts,means connecting said pulleys for driving sai id brushes at differentspeeds, and a housing for polish adjacent one of said brushes havingmeans associated therewith for moving the housing toward the brush foropening the housing and for advancing the polish in the housing,substantially as set forth.

5. In a device for polishing articles a .pol-

ish applying element, a container for polish j.

adjacent the polish applying element, a nor mally closed door for saidcontainer, and means adapted to simultaneously move the container towardthe polish applying element to open the door and to eripel the polishfrom the container, substantially as set forth.

6. A shoe polisher comprising a platform, a hand rail at the front endthereof, a brush for applying polish to a shoe, means for driving thebrush, means for applying polish to the brush comprising a slidablymounted polish container having means for expelling polish therefrom,and connections from the hand. rail tothe polish supplying means formoving the polish container toward the brush and for expelling polishtherefrom, substantially as set forth.

7. A shoe polisher comprising a platform, a hand rail at the front endthereof, a brush for applying polish to a shoe, means for driving thebrush, means for applying polish to the brush comprising a slidablymounted polish container having means for expelling polish therefrom,connections from the hand rail to the. polish supplying means forcontrolling the same, a guide on the hand rail, a rod movable in theguide, and connections from said rod to the polish supplying means formoving the polish container toward the brush and for expelling polishtherefrom substantially as set forth.

8. In a shoe polisher, a rotary brush, a casing adjacent thereto, a massof polish in the casing, means normally closing the casing, meanswhereby the casing may be moved to a position adjacent the brush, andmeans for simultaneously opening the casing at the side next to thebrush for exposing the block of polish, substantially as set forth.

9. In a shoe polisher, a rotary brush, a casing adjacent thereto, ablock of polish in the casing, means normally closing the casing, meanswhereby the casing may be moved to a position adjacent the brush, meansfor opening the casing during such movement at the side next to thebrush for exposing the block of polish, and step-by-step operating meansfor moving the block forward in the casing, substantially as set forth.

10. In a shoe polisher, a platform, a rotary brush, a casing slidable onthe plat-form toward and from the brush, means in the casin forsupplying polish to the brush, a door normally closing the casing, andmeans for opening the door as the casing approaches the brush,substantially as set forth.

11. In a shoe polisher, a platform, a rotary brush, a casing slidable onthe platform toward and from the brush, means in the casing forsupplying polish to the brush, a door pivoted on the platform andnormally closing the casing, means for opening the door as the casingapproaches the brush, and for closing it on return of the casing,substantially as set forth.

12. In a shoe polisher, a platform, a rotary brush thereon, a casing forapplying polish to the brush slidably supported on the platform, a leveron the platform, guides at the rear end of the casing, a block in saidguides, and connections between the lever and the block whereby thecasing may be moved toward and from the brush, substan tially as setforth.

13. In a shoe polisher, a platform, a rotary brush thereon, a casing forapplying polish to the brush slidably supported on the platform, a blockof polish in the casing, means for moving said block longitudinally ofthe casing, a lever on the platform, guides at the rear end of thecasing, a block in said guides, connections between the lever and theblock whereby the casing may be moved toward and from the brush, andconnections between said block and the polish moving means whereby thelatter may have forward movement relative to the casing, substantiallyas set forth.

14:. In a shoe polisher, a. rotary brush, a casing movable toward andfrom the brush, a mass ofpo-lish projecting from the casing, a leverconnected to the rear end of the oasing for moving said casing back andforth, and means for moving the polish relatively to the casingincluding a ratchet on the casing and a pawl operated by the lever forturning the ratchet, substantially as set forth.

15. In a shoe polisher, a rotary brush, a casing movable toward and fromthe brush, a block of polish projecting from the casing, a leverconnected to the rear end of the casing for moving said casing back andforth, and means for moving the block of polish relatively to the casingincluding a head at the rear of said block, a screw fixed thereto, aratchet on the screw, and a pawl moved by said lever to turn theratchet, substantially as set forth.

16. A device for applying polish to a polish applying element comprisinga slidably mounted casing, a piston reciprocable in said casing having athreaded rod extending through the rear end of said casing, a ratchetthreaded on said rod and held in fixed spaced relation with reference tosaid casing, guides on said casing adjacent said ratchet, a block insaid guides, a pawl carried by said block and adapted to engage androtate said ratchet for moving the rod and piston longitudinally of thecasing, and a lever pivotally supported in a plane substantiallyperpendicular to the upper portion of said guides and having pivotalconnection with said block for moving the casing toward the polishapplying element and for advancing the polish in the casing,substantially as set forth.

17. A device for applying polish to a p01- ish applying elementcomprising a slidably mounted casing, means in said casing for expellingpolish therefrom, a block slidable in a plane parallel to the end'of thecasing, means associated with said block for actuating the polishexpelling means, and a lever pivoted to said block for moving the casingtoward the polish applying element substan tially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Long Beach,Calif, this sixteenth day of July, A. D. nineteen hundred andtwenty-three.

GEORGE H. CRUMPTON. a 8.

